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The Bears have made an interesting coaching move. They’re going with Mike Martz as their new offensive coordinator.
There’s a story on this at the team’s official website.
Martz’s offenses tend to put up plenty of passing yards and passing touchdowns, but they also tend to result in lots of sacks, fumbles and interceptions. That’s what happens when you ask your quarterback to pass more often and also have him holding the ball longer on deeper pass drops – Martz likes to see the ball passed downfield, rather than the quick dumpoff passes to running backs.
Is this a good fit for Jay Cutler? Cutler threw 26 interceptions last year in a mostly disappointing first season with the Bears. With Martz on board, another 23-plus interceptions is probably in the works.
On the flip side, the Bears have a nice group of wide receivers. Devin Hester, Devin Aromashodu, Johnny Knox and Earl Bennett give the team the necessary depth at wide receiver to run the three- and four-receiver packages that Martz prefers.
Early forecast: Cutler will rank in the top 25 percent in passing yards and passing touchdowns, but few (if any) quarterbacks will be involved in more sacks and interceptions.
Below see a variety of charts showing how Mike Martz’s offenses have compared against the rest of the league during his last eight years of coaching. He was the head coach in St. Louis from 2000-2005, an offensive coordinator in Detroit in 2006 and 2007, and an offensive coordinator at San Francisco in 2008.
Interceptions
204 Mike Martz’s offenses
196 St. Louis
186 Detroit
184 Cleveland
178 Dallas
177 Arizona
163 Green Bay
161 Cincinnati
158 Chicago
156 Carolina
156 Minnesota
154 Miami
151 NY Jets
149 New Orleans
147 Denver
144 Baltimore
143 San Diego
143 Seattle
141 NY Giants
141 San Francisco
140 Atlanta
140 Pittsburgh
139 Kansas City
138 Buffalo
135 Oakland
135 Tennessee
128 Tampa Bay
125 Washington
123 Indianapolis
122 Philadelphia
118 New England
114 Houston
107 Jacksonville
Sacks
441 Mike Martz’s offenses
411 St. Louis
402 Buffalo
398 Atlanta
397 Minnesota
387 Detroit
363 Pittsburgh
361 Oakland
354 Jacksonville
353 Seattle
349 Cleveland
347 San Francisco
343 Philadelphia
340 Dallas
335 Tampa Bay
332 Chicago
331 Baltimore
326 Houston
320 Arizona
317 Carolina
317 Kansas City
310 Cincinnati
309 New England
306 Washington
303 NY Jets
298 Miami
296 New Orleans
293 NY Giants
263 Tennessee
261 San Diego
256 Denver
220 Green Bay
178 Indianapolis
Pass Att Per Game
36.4 Mike Martz’s offenses
36.4 St. Louis
35.7 Green Bay
35.6 Arizona
35.4 New Orleans
34.9 Indianapolis
34.9 Philadelphia
34.7 Detroit
33.9 New England
33.7 NY Giants
33.7 Cincinnati
33.1 Tampa Bay
33.0 Kansas City
32.6 Oakland
32.6 Denver
32.4 Seattle
32.1 Chicago
32.0 Minnesota
31.9 San Francisco
31.8 San Diego
31.8 Washington
31.7 Miami
31.4 Tennessee
31.4 NY Jets
31.3 Carolina
31.3 Jacksonville
31.2 Baltimore
31.2 Buffalo
31.2 Cleveland
30.8 Dallas
29.1 Atlanta
29.1 Pittsburgh
23.4 Houston
Passing Yards Per Game
280 Mike Martz’s offenses
273 St. Louis
269 Indianapolis
252 New Orleans
250 Green Bay
243 Kansas City
240 New England
239 Arizona
237 Philadelphia
234 Minnesota
234 Denver
224 Seattle
222 NY Giants
220 San Diego
218 Tampa Bay
217 Oakland
217 Tennessee
216 Dallas
216 Cincinnati
215 Detroit
215 Jacksonville
213 Pittsburgh
211 NY Jets
210 Carolina
210 Buffalo
209 San Francisco
206 Washington
206 Miami
199 Cleveland
196 Baltimore
196 Atlanta
191 Chicago
161 Houston
TD passes
288 Indianapolis
246 Green Bay
243 New England
228 Mike Martz’s offenses
226 New Orleans
223 Philadelphia
221 St. Louis
211 Minnesota
209 San Diego
205 Denver
204 Seattle
199 Kansas City
192 Dallas
190 Pittsburgh
188 San Francisco
185 Arizona
182 NY Giants
181 Cincinnati
175 Jacksonville
175 Tennessee
172 Carolina
172 Oakland
172 Tampa Bay
170 Washington
169 NY Jets
162 Cleveland
160 Detroit
159 Miami
157 Buffalo
154 Atlanta
154 Baltimore
148 Chicago
115 Houston
—Ian Allan
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